Ebook: The Landfill: Reactor and Final Storage Swiss Workshop on Land Disposal of Solid Wastes Gerzensee, March 14–17, 1988

Landfill, as an indispensable part of every waste management system, is subject to a critical revision. The existing scientific, technical, and regulatory concepts are discussed in group reports on the basis of 14 review papers. Landfills are considered as chemical and biological reactors, which can be active over a time span of several centuries. Thus the common goal of the participants of the workshop was to define both scientific and technical criteria for landfills with final storage quality. This new concept is of fundamental importance for environmental engineers and scientists.

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Landfill, as an indispensable part of every waste management system, is subject to a critical revision. The existing scientific, technical, and regulatory concepts are discussed in group reports on the basis of 14 review papers. Landfills are considered as chemical and biological reactors, which can be active over a time span of several centuries. Thus the common goal of the participants of the workshop was to define both scientific and technical criteria for landfills with final storage quality. This new concept is of fundamental importance for environmental engineers and scientists.

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Landfill, as an indispensable part of every waste management system, is subject to a critical revision. The existing scientific, technical, and regulatory concepts are discussed in group reports on the basis of 14 review papers. Landfills are considered as chemical and biological reactors, which can be active over a time span of several centuries. Thus the common goal of the participants of the workshop was to define both scientific and technical criteria for landfills with final storage quality. This new concept is of fundamental importance for environmental engineers and scientists.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Introduction a Swiss workshop on land disposal....Pages 1-5
Introduction the landfill as a reactor: Biological and chemical processes....Pages 7-14
The landfill ecosystem: A microbiologist's look inside a “black box”....Pages 15-38
Geochemical processes in landfills....Pages 39-81
Water and element balances of landfills....Pages 83-115
Control of reactor landfills by barriers....Pages 117-130
Group report: Biological and chemical processes....Pages 131-136
Introduction material transport and properties of a reactor envelope....Pages 139-143
Geotechnical engineering of land disposal systems....Pages 145-173
Interactions of leachates with natural and synthetic envelopes....Pages 175-200
Chemical effects on clay farbric and hydraulic conductivity....Pages 201-251
Group report: Material transport and properties of reactor envelopes....Pages 253-261
Introduction scientific and technical criteria for final storage quality....Pages 263-273
Strategy in landfilling solid wastes....Pages 275-291
Hydrogeological criteria for final storage quality....Pages 293-325
Transport models for leachates from landfills....Pages 327-340
Ecotoxicological criteria for final storage quality....Pages 341-352
Group report: Final storage quality....Pages 353-356
Introduction methodology for the evaluation of the final storage quality....Pages 359-362
Methodical guidelines in federal ordinances to assign wastes to treatment and final storage....Pages 363-369
Physical and chemical methods for the characterization of hazardous wastes....Pages 371-398
Waste deposit influences on groundwater quality as a tool for waste type and site selection for final storage quality....Pages 399-415
Group report: Methodology for the evaluation of final storage quality....Pages 417-424
Back Matter....Pages -

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Landfill, as an indispensable part of every waste management system, is subject to a critical revision. The existing scientific, technical, and regulatory concepts are discussed in group reports on the basis of 14 review papers. Landfills are considered as chemical and biological reactors, which can be active over a time span of several centuries. Thus the common goal of the participants of the workshop was to define both scientific and technical criteria for landfills with final storage quality. This new concept is of fundamental importance for environmental engineers and scientists.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Introduction a Swiss workshop on land disposal....Pages 1-5
Introduction the landfill as a reactor: Biological and chemical processes....Pages 7-14
The landfill ecosystem: A microbiologist's look inside a “black box”....Pages 15-38
Geochemical processes in landfills....Pages 39-81
Water and element balances of landfills....Pages 83-115
Control of reactor landfills by barriers....Pages 117-130
Group report: Biological and chemical processes....Pages 131-136
Introduction material transport and properties of a reactor envelope....Pages 139-143
Geotechnical engineering of land disposal systems....Pages 145-173
Interactions of leachates with natural and synthetic envelopes....Pages 175-200
Chemical effects on clay farbric and hydraulic conductivity....Pages 201-251
Group report: Material transport and properties of reactor envelopes....Pages 253-261
Introduction scientific and technical criteria for final storage quality....Pages 263-273
Strategy in landfilling solid wastes....Pages 275-291
Hydrogeological criteria for final storage quality....Pages 293-325
Transport models for leachates from landfills....Pages 327-340
Ecotoxicological criteria for final storage quality....Pages 341-352
Group report: Final storage quality....Pages 353-356
Introduction methodology for the evaluation of the final storage quality....Pages 359-362
Methodical guidelines in federal ordinances to assign wastes to treatment and final storage....Pages 363-369
Physical and chemical methods for the characterization of hazardous wastes....Pages 371-398
Waste deposit influences on groundwater quality as a tool for waste type and site selection for final storage quality....Pages 399-415
Group report: Methodology for the evaluation of final storage quality....Pages 417-424
Back Matter....Pages -
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